As someone who's been a major fan of many TV shows for years and years, and someone who only got into Lost a few months ago: Lost is the greatest thing to ever have been televised. Seriously. Nothing has ever been so immersive, atmospheric and ambitious as this show. It had me gripped from start to finish, and I was genuinely satisfied by the ending (it's incredibly misunderstood). There has never been a TV series as big as Lost, and there may never be again.
"buncha slack jawwed faggots!..this stuff'll make you a goddamn sexual ty-rannasaurus...just like mmee"
Everyone is missing the most important part of the movie.. That haircut.. W-H-Y?!
Jason Clarke? Really? Please Hollywood, stop hiring this guy... he's awful.
When you order a pepperoni pizza and they deliver a pepperoni pizza, do you complain they didn't serve you filet mignon? This film is the pepperoni pizza of action films. If you want an action film, this has got it. It's not especially new or revolutionary or poetic, but at least it's got action from beginning to end which is more than many other action films of late.
Is there any reason this is organized the way it is? I mean at least a list that is in the DVD episode order would be nice.
Show is super under rated and the network does a terrible job of promoting it. I love it, but it is sad to see a reduced episode season. This will prob be the last, hopefully that allows them to end on a strong note with lots of action and answered questions. So much potential, So poorly marketed.
I really enjoyed this movie but the soundtrack was so awful it dragged it down for me.
I hated this movie. I laughed and cringed through the entire wasted two hours.
It did not meet my expectations that were set by the original trailers that Zack Snyder released. The fun parts are childish due to Whedon reshoots. Characters are deep, but they got dumbed down by reshoots, and the story is simplified.
The flashback scene is beyond awesome. Be sure to stay all the way until the end because the 2nd after credits scene is so good, it will blow your mind.
Also, I am hoping there will be a Snyder Cut because 2 hours just felt too short for this movie, and I know there are a lot more scenes that were cut for theatrical release, just like with BvS and SS.
All in all, it was a decent movie, but we deserve to see the real version of this movie as Zack Snyder intended it to be.
#ReleaseTheSnyderCut
I REALLY don't get why most people didn't like it. In my opinion it really worked quite neatly
Having heard great things and seeing the rating on here, I had high expectations. It was mediocre at best and extremely predictable.
Best Bruce Willis movie since Live Free Die Hard. Great action flick well worth the watch.
Really love this show. Just finished watching the whole thing again.
This is not only great comedy, this is about the people, their life and everyday problems. There arent't a lot of sitcoms you can watch more than once, this is definately one. And if you haven't watched it, well - what are you wating for ?
There are a lot of negative things you could say about the 24 franchise. You could indict its politics, lament the jingoism, oppose the valorization of torture, and take issue with the rampant xenophobia of the show. To varying degrees, all of those things are true. But for a show that aired on Fox for nine years, with a Kiefer Sutherland in the leading role no less, these ideological hiccups seem to be par for the course. To criticize those things by simply making an account of them might be picking the low hanging fruit. For me, what has been more interesting and compelling is attempting to salvage something from 24's "trashcan of ideology" (my use of the phrase self-consciously departing from Slavoj Zizek's) and see what is of value to me. 24 always had a number of formal strengths that 24: Legacy appears to share. Whether it is fantastic plotting, thrilling action sequences or... well, that might've been it?
24: Legacy seems, immediately, far more conceptually rich than its predecessor. Replacing Kiefer Sutherland is Corey Hawkins playing Eric Carter. Though his name is a little less unique than Jack Bauer (Bauer is a name that delights the ears and seems more suited to the realm of fantasy, as are all the events in 24), he steps into Sutherland's shoes with firm footing. Hawkins's pathos and intensity are consistent with Sutherland's as he tells a fellow soldier, "I know this country let you down... but Bin Khalid's men are after the strongbox... so WHERE IS IT!??!?!?!?!"
Carter, the character, is developed as quickly as the plot moves. His wife, Nicole's, anxiety about his PTSD turns into fundamental questions about who or what he has become returning from war. She confides in Carter's brother, Issac, "after seeing him kill those two men today, I realized it's not PTSD. He misses it. He needs it. The life he says he wants with me will never be enough for him." The scene is so riveting, and I simultaneously thought "well of course, he's a soldier... and in the imaginary of the show, a hero" and "well of course, he's the protagonist of a television series that has a plot which demands something of the characters that inhabit it." So for both narrative and meta reasons, this early case of telling rather than showing (a narrative misstep under the usual circumstances) adds a great deal of texture to Carter. The question of what the disposition of the soldier is, and what place these violent people have in the peaceful world they're trying to create, is a wonderful one to explore. However, most works of fiction come down in the same place: the peaceful world anyone fights for is an unreachable fantasy.
The fast moving plot is the 24 bullet train that should be familiar to anyone. In this case, perhaps we can mix metaphors and think of a train of literal bullets. And those trains are a wonder to behold. This episode is filled with mesmerizing action sequences, whether it is Nicole dropping a mirror from a window (and subsequently dropping a body herself) to enable an escape for Carter from capture or Carter rolling a enormous cylinder down a hill in a construction site to begin a dynamic gunfight.
And I haven't even gotten to the striking scene of Issac's projects. Oh, did I neglect to mention Eric's brother is a powerful drug dealer in command of his own pseudo-army? And that yet another source of (totally uncompelling) drama is Issac dated Eric's wife Nicole before she got married? As Eric drives up to the overdetermined, embellished site of urban warfare and drug commerce, I couldn't help but cringe. And yet, I can only hold out hope for some possibility. Will Issac be more than he appears? Or will the site of urban conflict and international conflict simply conflate, as the so-called terrorists lead a siege on Issac's stronghold? Only time will tell. But for now, it adds yet another language of violence to a show already saturated with it.
I guess I'm just a sucker for a tight plot filled with twists. But I really like this first episode. I find myself immediately attached to Eric Carter and anticipating the result of the seeds of discord sown in this episode. When Nicole expresses her concern about whether the picturesque domestic life she plans with Eric is enough for him, I can't help but root against her. I'm hoping to watch Eric intervene in geopolitical intrigue for the next nine years.
Oh hey, it's February the 2nd, let's re-watch this for the umpteenth time. :D
This is THE DEFINITIVE Superman movie. With truly spectacular cinematography, a heartwarming coming of age story, enthralling action and perhaps the best superhero movie soundtrack ever from Hans Zimmer, this movie hits every beat for Superman fans new and old.
As a DC comics fan growing up, the critical response to this movie prevented me going to watch it at the theatre. I mean who wants one of their favourite superheroes being "humourless", "too violent", and "not epic enough"??? Well, I can truly sit here now having said "lesson learned". Never again will I allow critical response to prevent me from experiencing something I had waited a lifetime for. I will never get to see Man of Steel in the theatre, and this movie was shot for the big screen. Some of the shots are truly beautiful, especially when he wakes up in the ocean with whales, and when he learns to fly in the snowy mountains.
The story is often criticised for not having the kookiness of the original four movies with Christopher Reeve - and don't misunderstand this for hating on the first few iterations, I have nothing but fond memories of growing up with those films - but I challenge anyone to watch those movies now and claim that they still hold up. A truly great movie as well as standing the test of time, has rewatch value, and Man of Steel is one of the few superhero movies that I have watched time and time again. This requires a great story.
The story of this movie focuses on a boys relationship with his fathers, and his coming of age through those guises. His cautious and protective Earth father who tought him the morality and goodness we expect from our Superman, who sacrificed himself in order to keep his sons secret; and his Kryptonian father who encouraged him to embrace his difference and be the man Earth needs him to be.
A bonus is that the relationship between Lois and Clark doesn't seem forced. You get to see how she is a great investigative reporter and through her reporting she discovers Superman's true identity. By protecting it, you can see Clark's appreciation and the weight of not being able to talk about it to anyone - something that bothers him throughout the great flashback scenes as wonderfully portrayed by Dylan Sprayberry and Cooper Timberline - being lifted.
The character development of the antagonist, General Zod is done in a way other superhero movies can only be envious of. The message that this character, like all other Kryptonians are born with a specific purpose, in this case to protect Krypton at all costs, comes across well. From his perspective he is the superhero of his own story, trying to save his planet and his people, and that is the truest of tests for supervillain development.
And this brings me to the epic and controversial (for some reason) third act. As mentioned earlier, Superman has a strong moral code instilled in him by Jonathan Kent, which is shown throughout the flashbacks. Any observer who doesn't see that Snyders portrayal of Superman has the most morality of any Superman in cinematic history is simply not paying attention. He doesn't spin the Earth backwards to rewind time just to save his girlfriend like in the original, and he doesnt go back to Smallville and hook up with Lana because the love of his life Lois is ignoring him a little bit like in Superman III. That Superman, despite all of his displayed morality (e.g. where he refrains from fighting the bullies) feels he must kill General Zod is one of the most powerful moments in superhero movie history. He repeatedly begs Zod to give up his quest to destroy Earth and humans now that his quest to return Krypton has failed. Zod makes it clear as day that he will NEVER give up, and that he will destroy humanity at all costs as an act of revenge. What was Clark supposed to do? He was left with no choice! Add to this the fact that Zod's laser beams were inches away from killing a whole family, Superman reluctantly had to break his neck. Yet unlike other superheroes he did not gloat in victory, the pain and anguish in that scream that follows is filled with the heartbreak of breaking both his moral code and killing one of the few other fellow Kryptonians in the universe.
Overall, this movie gets better every single time I watch it. If you haven't watched it since it came out and had mixed feelings the first time, please give this movie another try without the immediate negative reviews that were extensively covered in the media at the time of release. It truly deserves it. Man of Steel is THE DEFINITIVE Superman movie.
I don't care what "professional critics" will end up saying. When this movie comes out, I'm gonna watch it. I'm gonna like it and I will not hesitate to leave a 10/10 here for this movie..... Because what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career watching every single Fast and the Furious movie. Skills that make me a nightmare for critics like you.... :smiling_imp:
However, there are sneak peaks of the cast on social media. Straight off the bat, I'm going to say that adding Brie Larson is a mistake. Just like adding Gal Gadot, and later having to unceremoniously kill her character to get rid of her. Bring Gina Carano back instead. She fits nicely with this diverse, inclusive and positive themed franchise that never forced woke leftist bullshit on fans.
UPDATE 10-JUNE-20203: Watching the 4K release at home. Pretty sure my home has suffered structural damage due to all the explosions... just within the first 40 minutes. Probably should have kept the volume down. I regret nothing!:ok_hand_tone2::joy:
Worst Marvel movie to date.... Filled to the brim with leftist ideologi and disgusting hate for everything non-woke. Only good thing is the amazing Angela Basset.
Lost all interest when Catwoman made a woke comment about white privilege. Wasn't good before that and turned it off after that comment. Don't waste your time, worst Batman movie to date...
I had a very low expectation because it's Chaves, but it turned out to be the BEST out of three Conjuring films! What makes this film really fresh is that it took a different approach than the first two. It's toned down, there's not many batshit crazy scenes like levitating, flying objects, or constant jumpscares, but it works as an intriguing experience of investigation about a demonic possession that was responsible for multiple murders and this case stakes are much higher that it could potentially put the Warrens at risk. It's very unsettling, the scares are nicely done, the sound is effective. The couple chemistry is far better in this and their romantic moments are less cheesy. Overall it offers a nice change to the franchise without sacrificing the quality of the first two.
I did not realize going in that this was only going to be ½ the story. Did WB state that beforehand?
I've liked it much more than expected from ratings! Funnier than most Adam's stuff, and Tyrion and Ned were great.
So this is what passes for a good movie these days? Good luck with that.
Wow. Why force feed us gayness. We don’t give two shits. Unnecessary waste of time.
I love how my comment which had 32 likes and 10+ comments was removed from referencing the south park motto, add a chick to it and make it gay and lame... I guess the only people who can say the word gay are the lgbt, really tired of trakt cleaning up the comments to try and hide the massive push back on this stuff, not because people are racist or whatever phrase word, because it makes for lame tv.
Dissapointed. No suspense. The dialogue wasn't clever or interesting. Seen better episodes of Columbo. It felt long. The music is awful. I think it's rated high by people trying to be purist or different.
William Peterson's acting was sometimes bad and his monologues were very bad soap opera.. I'm thinking Sunset Beach.
